INSTALLING "VMWARE PLAYER 3"

INTO

"UBUNTU 10.04"

OBJECTIVE AND DESIRED RESULT:

Download and install totally-free "VMware Player 3" into a computer than runs on "Ubuntu 10.04" so that you can run various operating system "guests" such as various distros of Linux and various versions of Windows and DOS as "virtual machines". "VMware Player 3" is an alternative to Oracle "VirtualBox 3".

Both "VMware Player 3" and "VirtualBox 3" are "freeware" but "VMware Player 3" is not "open source" while "VirtualBox" is "open source". "VMware Player 3" has a more reliable interface with physical USB, IDE, and SATA devices compared to Oracle3 "VirtualBox 3".

STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS:

Step 1:

Start "FireFox" from inside your "Ubuntu 10.04" computer and go to

http://www.vmware.com/products/player/

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Step 2:

Click on the "Download" button:

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Step 3:

Fill in the "Register for your FREE Download" section, if you do not already have a free account with the VMware company.

If you already have a free account with the VMware company, log in using the "Simply Login" section.

Step 4:

If you are running a 32-bit version of Ubuntu, click on "Start Download Manager" for "VMware Player for 32-bit Linux".

If you are running a 64-bit version of Ubuntu, click on "Start Download Manager" for "VMware Player for 64-bit Linux".

Step 5:

A "You have chosen to open" box will pop up:

Step 6:

Select the "Save File" option button:

Step 7:

Click on the "OK" button of the "You have chosen to open" box:

Step 8:

The "FireFox" download manager box will show that "VMware Player" is downloading to your computer:

Step 9:

Click on the "VMware-Player.." file that is displayed in the "FireFox Download Manager" box:

Step 10:

A popup context menu will be displayed.

Step 11:

Click on "Open Containing Folder" in the popup context menu:

Step 12:

A "Nautilus" file manager Window will display the contents of the folder that contains the "VMware-Player..bundle" file:

Step 13:

Click on "Applications" on the main menu bar of "Ubuntu":

Step 14:

Click on "Accessories" on the pull-down menu of "Applications":

Step 15:

Click on "Terminal" on the menu that pulls-down from "Accessories":

Step 16:

You will now be at a command prompt inside a "terminal window":

Step 17:

Type in

cd Downloads

(The "D" in downloads has to be capitalized.):

Step 18:

Press the <Enter> key of your keyboard once:

Step 19:

The "command prompt" will show that you are now in a folder called "Downloads":

Step 20:

Type in

sudo sh <full name of the VMware-Player bundle file that you downloaded in Step 8>

For example, I typed in

sudu sh VMware-Player-3.1.0-201024.i386.bundle

Step 21:

Press the <Enter> key of your keyboard once.

Step 22:

The command prompt will challenge you for the password for the username that you are logged into "Ubuntu Linux" with:

Step 23:

Type in your password.

Then press the <Enter> button of your keyboard.

Step 24:

The terminal window will display "Extracting VMware Installer":

Step 25:

For the next screen, make your decision.

Then click on the "Next" button:

Step 26:

The next screen tells you that "The product is ready to be installed".

Click on the "Next" button of this screen:

Step 27:

Various status screens will be displayed during the installation process:

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Step 28:

A screen will inform you that "Installation was successful":

Step 29:

Click on its "Close" button.

Step 30:

Click on "Applications" on the main menu bar of "Ubuntu":

Step 31:

Click on "System Tools" on the drop-down menu of "Applications":

Step 32:

Click on "VMware Player:

Step 33:

Click on the "Accept" button of the "End User License Agreement":

Step 34:

The "VMware Player" window will be displayed:

A list of the "virtual machine" operating system "guests" that you have installed will be displayed here.